• Job Description

  Req#: 7455

  Location: Brea R&D

  Exemption: Exempt

  OUR COMPANY:

  Ventura Foods is a leading global manufacturer of branded and custom food products that proudly helps food providers in the U.S., Canada and more than 60 other countries earn a special place on consumers’ tables. We do this by continually crafting custom dressings, sauces, mayonnaises, and other food solutions that exceed peoples’ expectations for great-tasting flavors and high-quality ingredients.
  
  Headquartered in Brea, California, Ventura Foods operates 14 manufacturing facilities, 3 culinary centers, and numerous distribution centers across North America. When you work in our manufacturing and distribution facilities, you get a strong foundation of training, a manager who cares about you and celebrates your success, a safe environment, and challenging work. As part of our team, your future is limited only by how much you’re willing to push yourself to get there. We invest in your growth, because you invest in ours.

  Position Summary:

  To Provide culinary, product and restaurant expertise and resources to all Ventura customers.

  Major Duties and Responsibilities:

  Menu & Product Innovation Support

  • Supports entire culinary team in Menu & Product Innovation presentations and ideations

  • Conducts menu and competitive product research

  • Develops on-trend culinary concepts, prototypes, recipes, and finished products suitable for our customer’s applications and operations

  • Provides mise en place for product cuttings, tastings, product testing, internal events and meetings

  • Produces gold standards for "Ready to Go" and "Exclusive" products to provide formula direction to R&D

  • Assists ingredient and supplier search efforts for new product development ingredients

  • Prepares bench samples of Mayonnaise, Sauces, and Dressings

  • Packages and ships product samples as required

  Digital Culinary Content Creation for Ventura Foods website, social media, and digital marketing platforms

  • Creates digital content and virtual tools to communicate menu and product innovation to our customers (videos, recipes, food styling, etc.)

  Learning & Development (L&D) Ventura Tech Program Support

  • Assists in creating (L&D) curriculum development for Ventura Tech.

  • Assists in presenting (L&D) curriculum for Ventura Tech

  • Provides all mise en place for L&D training events including: planning, execution, and completion.

  Support for Customer, Company, and Industry events

  • Assists in event coordination and preparation

  • Assists in menu and recipe development for event

  • Assists in event execution

  Organizes and Maintains Ventura Culinary Facilities

  • Responsible for stocking pantry as required

  • Responsible for maintenance of kitchen equipment

  • Maintains kitchen to ensure proper sanitation and food safety

  • Maintains kitchen schedule

  Expanding our Culinary Reach- Broker and Consultant Engagement Support

  • Assists in creating training content for Broker and Consultant network

  • Assists in presenting training content to Broker and Consultant network

  • Provide all mise en place for live and virtual training events including: planning, execution, and completion

  Education and Experience:

  Required:

  • Culinary degree or equivalent experience.
  • 1-3 years food service operation and/or menu and product development experience.
  • Experience with commercial kitchen tools and kitchen fundamentals.
  • Experience with basic video recording, and post- production editing steps.
  • 10% Travel required to support our business needs.

  Preferred:

  • Food service Operations, Product and Menu development, Manufacturing experience.
  • Certified Research Chef (CRC) or Certified Culinary Scientist (CCS).
  • Current ServSafe Certification.

  Knowledge and Skills:

  • Mastery of culinary skills.
  • Excellent Palate.
  • Social Media Savvy.
  • Proven ability to style food in photography and video.
  • Self starter and the ability to anticipate the next steps.
  • Ability to work independently and in a team.
  • Ability to roll up your sleeves and do whatever needs to be done.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (PowerPoint, Word, Excel).

  Diversity & Inclusion:

  Our commitment to a diverse and inclusive environment in which all employees are treated with respect is evident in our company culture and values. We believe that fostering an environment of inclusion and a focus on diversity across our organization is vital to attracting top talent, driving innovation, and meeting the high expectations of our customers in a rapidly evolving global marketplace.

  Ventura Foods is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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